Theatre History Grading Rubric Papers 100 Points

Grading Criteria

Excellent 100-90

Good 89-80

Satisfactory 79-70

Less than satisfactory

<70

Overall point
breakdown

80-72

71 64

63 56

<56

Fully developed (using

at least the minimum
number of words)
insightful responses to
each discussion point,
with no more than one
grammatical error.
(and)
Demonstrated an
excellent understanding
of the chapter concepts

Did a good job of

developing responses to
the discussion points
(using at least the
minimum number of
words) with no more
than two grammatical
errors.
(and)
Demonstrated a good
understanding of the
chapter concepts.

Responded to each
question, but needed
more development.
May not have met the
minimum number of
words. Included three or
more grammatical issues
in the response.
(and)
Demonstrated an
adequate understanding
of the material, with a
some slight confusion
on concepts.

Either not all discussion

points were addressed,
or they were
inadequately developed.
Did not meet minimum
number of words.
Included four or more
grammatical issues in
the response.
(and)
Demonstrated an
inadequate
understanding of the
material such as what
was communicated was
incorrect.

Content
80 pts
(80% of total)
The excellent criteria
shows the maximum
points for each
component

60 pts
Used at minimum the
textbook and play along
with any additional
required sources which
were cited using MLA
format for in-text
citations within the
discussion (whether for
a direct quote or
paraphrase) A Works
Cited was included at
the end of the discussion
using MLA format

------------------.
Used at minimum the
textbook and play along
with any additional
required sources which
were cited using MLA
format for in-text
citations within the
discussion (whether for
a direct quote or
paraphrase) A Works
Cited was included at
the end of the discussion
using MLA format

--------------------Used the required

sources, integration was
adequate, may have had
a minor MLA in-text
formatting challenge
(up to 12 pts deducted
for any problems with
source usage or
integration)

20 Pts

Mechanics

20 pts
(20% of total)
The excellent criteria
shows the maximum
points for each
component

-------------------------If a source was used, it

lacked cohesion to the
point and/or used
incorrect MLA in-text
formatting
(up to 12 pts deducted
for any problems with
source usage or
integration)

17-16

15 14

<14

Well-written, with no
mechanical errors, i.e.
clear sentence
construction, excellent
grammar, spelling, use
of punctuation and
paragraph structure.
10 pts

Well-written, with no
more than 3 mechanical
errors, i.e. clear sentence
construction, good
grammar, spelling, use
of punctuation and
paragraph structure

Paper had some

weakness in clarity,
more than 5 mechanical
errors i.e. clear sentence
construction, good
grammar, spelling, use
of punctuation and
paragraph structure

Poorly written, more

than 7 mechanical errors
including sentence
clarity, grammar,
spelling, punctuation
and paragraph structure

Met or surpassed
minimum length
requirement
6.5 pts

Met the minim length

requirement

Met the minimum length

requirement

Did not meet minimum

length requirement

If a source was used,

had a correctly
formatted MLA Works
Cited page
3.5 pts

If a source was used,

had a correctly
formatted MLA Works
Cited page

If a source was used,

had an incorrectly
formatted MLA Works
Cited page

If sources were used, did

not include works Cited
page

20-18

Note: plagiarism will result in an F (0 points)